LifelinesI don’t want them to see them.I’m afraid they will think they are ugly and hideous.It would have been so good to show them off for everybody.I would have been proud to show them my scars and said: Look, aren’t they beautiful? Without them I wouldn’t be here now!” ‘Cos that’s the truth, a rare disease, hardly anyone survives, but I did. I was strong.But I’m afraid many won’t look at it like that, and make me feel ashamed about them.Maybe there are those who will feel sorry for me.Sorry for me? Can’t you see the beauty?Should I feel ashamed of the most beautiful thing I have?They are the scars of my life. Without them I would be dead.Liv, 42 years old Photo: Anita Nilsen, Vest-Agder Museum.